Dental floss-holder.



T. A. TUBBS.

DENTAL PLOSS HOLDER.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN.6,1909.

922,824u Patented May 25, 1909.

@Mum/Iton @gw/M55 TONY A. TUBBS, vOF TREADWELL, DISTRICT OF ALASKA.

DENTAL FLGSS-HOLDER.

No. 922,824. v

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909,.

Application led January 6, 1909. Serial No. 470,904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, TONY A. TUBBs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Treadwell, Alaska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dental Floss-Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates t certain new and useful improvements in dental iioss holders, and it has for its ob'ect to provide a new and useful dental a pliance for cleaning the spaces between t e teeth by means of aila'- ment of dental iloss or the like.

Another object oi my invention is to Drovide a device oi this character which will be simple in construction, cheap to manufac-l ture and composed ci few parts, and one which may be readily carried in the pocket when not in use.

lith these and other objects in view my invention consists in certain constructions, combinations andarrangements of parts, the preferred `form oi which will be iirst described in connection with the accompanying drawing, and then the invention particularly. pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings wherein the same part is designated by the same refer ence numeral wherever it occurs, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my appliance in condition 'lor use Fig. 2 is" a central longitudinal section of the handle portion, ing arms being however shown in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the device when closed and in condition to be carried in the pocket, and Fig. 4 is a cross section taken on line 4, 4 of Fig. 3.

1 designates a hollow ltube forming the body portion of the handle oi m device, closed at, one end by a cap 2, centra y perforated at 3.' The other end of the tube isl closed by a cap 4 centrally perforated at 5. The ca 4 also reierably carries a cutter 6 of hook orm. lgreferably, the ca s 2 and 4 have threaded flanges 7, 8, Whic screw on to threaded ends of the tube. Located with. in the tube is a spool 9 adapted to have wound thereon a supply of dental iioss, the end of the iloss projectingV through theopen'f ing 5 in the cap 4, as the spool is rotatably mounted in the tube the iioss may be read lunwound from the spool as needed for use.V

Vends y a head 12 `not intend the scope ,of the appen the iioss holdbyv Letters' Patent is-..v

The spool is hollow as shown at 10, and 11, are a air of spring arms united at their lower hich isadapted to slide in the bore 1() ofthe spool, with the arms projecting out through one end of the 'spool and through the opening 3 inthe cap v2. These spring arms at their upper end are provided with hooks 13, into which a length of dental iioss'14 may be caught inthe ordinary manner. 15 is an arm pivted at 16 to one of .the spring arms 11, and adapted to press against the side of the other arm 11, so as to hold them apart when the'device is-ready for use, as shown-in Fi s. 1l and 2, and hold the length oi the dental oss 14 taut.

When it is desired to place the device in the pocket after use the arm 15 is'. moved on its pivot until it is parallel with the arm 11 to which it is attached, which permits the spring arms 11 t'o spring together and to be readily passed down into the handle until they assume the position shown in Fig. 3.

l realize that considerable variation is poss sible in the details oi construction and arrangement of parts without .departin from the spirit of my invention, and I there ore do to limit myself to the specific form shown and described except asrequired by ded-claims What I claim as newand desire 1. A dental iloss holder comprising a hollow tube closed at its ends by capslhavin central perforations, a oss carrying spoo rotatabl mounted inthe tubebetween the caps an providedwith a central bore, anda pair of' spring arms provided withiiosasengaging hooks at their outer ends andhaving theirv inner ends-extending through a perfolration in one of the caps and into the bore of the spool, whereby the arms may be moved into the bore of the spool. when not in use.

2. A dental floss holder comprising a hollow tube closedat its ends by caps having central perforations, a floss carrying spoo rotatabl cfs to secure mounted in thetube between-the"- Wcapsan YYprovided'with a central bore, a pair vring arms provided with floss enga ingvhoo attheir outer ends and having t eir inner ends extending thrulgliJLBQLgratinllv `in one of the ce s and into the bore of the In testimony whereof IaHx my signature spool, whereby t e arms may be moved into 1n presence of tWo Witnesses. the bore of the spool Whenrnot in use, and a lbrace pivotefd to one of the arms and. adapt- TONY A TUBBS 5 ed to engage the other arm to-hold the sprlng Witnesses:

arms apart after the arms have been With CHESTER G. MGKINNON, drawn from the spool. v F. P. HENsoN.- 

